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- UNITED STATES Patented March 29, 1904.

PATENT OFFIC MATCH COM POSITION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,653, dated March 29 1904.

Application filed January 11, 1904. Serial No. 188,652. (No specimens.)

1'0 alt wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. GRIMM, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State. of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match Compositions; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a; non-poisonous match composition.

Heretofore various efforts have been made to provide a non-poisonous match 'composi-' tionv which has been more or less successful; but one objection observed with reference to them is that they fail to ignite the stem satisfactorily and are affected by atmospheric moisture. My composition is free from theobjections noted in prior ones, more particularly in these respects.

My composition consists of the following ingred ients in about the proportions specified, although I do not limit myself strictly to the proportions given: thirty-five parts, by weight, of glue, thirty-five parts, by weight, of oxid of zinc, sixty-five parts, by weight, of ground glass, ten parts, by weight, of gum-benzoin, twenty parts, by weight, of amorphous phosphorus, five parts, by weight, of sulfur flours,

fifteen parts, by weight, of hyposulfite of lead, I

and one hundred and fifteen parts, by weight, of chlorate of potassium, with asufiicient coloring-dye preferably.

The above ingredients are mixed with. wa-

ter to furnish a suitable thin paste for dipping or applying to the match stem or stick, and of course the process is preferably performed by machinery, and applying it to the woods or sticks.

Matches made with the above composition will ignite freely and satisfactorily, and the ignition being communicated to the stem in a satisfactory manner they are free from poisonous Vapors, which is a very desirable point to attain.

What I claim as new,

by Letters Patent, is

and desire to secure A match composition, consisting of glue,

oxid of zinc, ground glass, gum benzoin, amorphous phosphorus, sulfur flours, hyposulfite of lead. and chlorate of potassium in about the proportions hereinbefore specified.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of January, 1904-.

- F. E. GRIMM. Witnesses:

EMMA S. HESSE, WM. F. GRIMM.

both as to mixing the paste 

